She's a social icon, a fashion legend, and an artist in her own right. And this week, Gloria Vanderbilt is the subject of an HBO documentary, Nothing Left Unsaid, which features her in conversation with her son Anderson Cooper, and a new book, The Rainbow Comes and Goes, a memoir co-written with Cooper. Here, a look at the 92-year-old's life in photographs.

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1926

1926

Gloria was born February 20, 1924. Here, she's held by her mother Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt shortly after the death of her father, Reginald Vanderbilt.

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1934

1934

Vanderbilt and her aunt, Gertrude Vanderbilt-Whitney, arrive at a courthouse in New York for a trial to determine who would get custody of Gloria.

1926

Gloria was born February 20, 1924. Here, she's held by her mother Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt shortly after the death of her father, Reginald Vanderbilt.

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1934

Vanderbilt and her aunt, Gertrude Vanderbilt-Whitney, arrive at a courthouse in New York for a trial to determine who would get custody of Gloria.

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1934

Vanderbilt leaves St. Francis Catholic Church in Garden City, NY, with her aunt (right) after attending a service. Gloria, by a Supreme Court ruling, spent weekdays with her aunt and weekends with her mother.

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1935

A young Gloria sits in a horse-drawn carriage in Locust Valley, NY in 1935.

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1938

Vanderbilt poses for a portrait.

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1939

Gloria and her mother take a walk in Los Angeles.

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1941

Vanderbilt and her first husband, Pat de Cicco, at the El Morocco before they were married.

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c. 1950

A pearl-clad Vanderbilt poses in a kitchen.

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1953

Gloria discuss her poetry on the CBS Radio program The Music Room. Three of her poems, set to music by composer Alan Hovhaness, were performed by opera singer Nell Tangeman under the title "Canticle for Voice, Strings, and Woodwinds."

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1956

Director Sidney Lumet sits with his new wife Gloria during their wedding reception. Lumet was her third husband.